Brain Food
Put on your thinking cap! This collection of over 100 brainteasers is perfect for a rainy day. Choose from among logic, word, lateral thinking, and number puzzles. If you absolutely can't figure one out, solutions are given (to keep you from dying of curiosity!).
Channel One News Did you miss the Channel One broadcast at school today? No worries! Just go to this site and you can view it again. You can also find fun games, and the features change regularly, so you won't get bored here!
EdHeads Check it out! You can be the surgeon during a hip replacement surgery (or other surgeries), or be a weather reporter who tracks and reports weather phenomena.
Food Timeline Ever wonder how some foods were invented? Well, wonder no more! This website has a timeline of when foods were invented in history. No only that, if you scroll down, down, down, you'll find international cuisine recipes, digitized cookbooks and more!
Frame Games & Stickdoku (USA Weekend) Can you figure out the well-known word or phrase that each frame represents? Or if math is your thing, can you solve the Stickdocu puzzles? Some are easy; others are not! Lots of fun!
Fun Brain Lots of interactive activities! Some are educational, but others are just for fun!
Fun Trivia
Trivia rocks! Find games, interactive trivia, quizzes, and more! To play, you must sign up for a free account.
Library of Congress: Kids & Families
Links in this section of the Library of Congress include: America's Library; Today in History; Music, Theater & Dance; Portals to the World; Song of America Tour; Wise Guide to loc.gov; Lifelong Literacy; Local Legacies; Everyday Mysteries; Places in the News; Center for the Book; Book Festival Webcasts; and Veterans History Project.
Mental Floss
Lots of cool games! Click on the tabs at the top, such as Trivia, Quizzes, and Amazing Facts.
NIEHS Kids: Brain Teasers, Puzzles & Riddles
Sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, you'll find all kinds of fun things to do here, such as palindromes, optical illusions, and rebus puzzles, just to name a few.
Ramo Games
Literally thousands of games that will get your mind bending and twisting. Numerous topic areas include Africa Geoquest, Asia Geoquest, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, Copycat, National Park Puzzle, and lots more!
Slang Site
Look up Web words, slang, "webspeak," and even made-up but often used words here.
Whyville
A virtual world where kids from all over the world join together to chat, play games, and learn together. Sponsored by Toyota, users must create a free account before entering the site.
Everyone's favorite joke is a knock-knock joke! Find more than 150 jokes here! Ha Ha ha!
Brain Food
Put on your thinking cap! This collection of over 100 brainteasers is perfect for a rainy day. Choose from among logic, word, lateral thinking, and number puzzles. If you absolutely can't figure one out, solutions are given (to keep you from dying of curiosity!).
Channel One News
Did you miss the Channel One broadcast at school today? No worries! Just go to this site and you can view it again. You can also find fun games, and the features change regularly, so you won't get bored here!
EdHeads
Check it out! You can be the surgeon during a hip replacement surgery (or other surgeries), or be a weather reporter who tracks and reports weather phenomena.
Food Timeline
Ever wonder how some foods were invented? Well, wonder no more! This website has a timeline of when foods were invented in history. No only that, if you scroll down, down, down, you'll find international cuisine recipes, digitized cookbooks and more!
Frame Games & Stickdoku (USA Weekend)
Can you figure out the well-known word or phrase that each frame represents? Or if math is your thing, can you solve the Stickdocu puzzles? Some are easy; others are not! Lots of fun!
Fun Brain
Lots of interactive activities! Some are educational, but others are just for fun!
Fun Trivia
Trivia rocks! Find games, interactive trivia, quizzes, and more! To play, you must sign up for a free account.
Library of Congress: Kids & Families
Links in this section of the Library of Congress include: America's Library; Today in History; Music, Theater & Dance; Portals to the World; Song of America Tour; Wise Guide to loc.gov; Lifelong Literacy; Local Legacies; Everyday Mysteries; Places in the News; Center for the Book; Book Festival Webcasts; and Veterans History Project.
Mental Floss
Lots of cool games! Click on the tabs at the top, such as Trivia, Quizzes, and Amazing Facts.
NIEHS Kids: Brain Teasers, Puzzles & Riddles
Sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, you'll find all kinds of fun things to do here, such as palindromes, optical illusions, and rebus puzzles, just to name a few.
Ramo Games
Literally thousands of games that will get your mind bending and twisting. Numerous topic areas include Africa Geoquest, Asia Geoquest, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, Copycat, National Park Puzzle, and lots more!
Slang Site
Look up Web words, slang, "webspeak," and even made-up but often used words here.
Whyville
A virtual world where kids from all over the world join together to chat, play games, and learn together. Sponsored by Toyota, users must create a free account before entering the site.